Atwood's Surfacing: A Feminine Protest against Gender Bias Muhuntarajan C*, Dr. Rengarajan C.**, Dr. Sowntharya Y. L.*** *Associate Professor, Department of English, KSR Institute for Engineering and Technology, Tiruchengode, Tamilnadu, India **Professor and Head, Department of English, Muthayammal Engineering College, Rasipuram, Tamilnadu, India ***Assistant Professor, PG and Research Department of English, Vellalar College for Women, Erode, Tamilnadu, India Online published on 9 November, 2016. Abstract Gender disparity or Gender bias is an issue faced all over the world. The word “Gender” itself is related with sexes. The assertion of self by a woman in a society has been a great struggle, since women are always considered as inferior to men. The society has assigned different roles to the male and female sexes and also imposes different aspects of behavior upon them. As the order of the society is created by man, a woman is always held back or discouraged as a weaker sex. Her equality is never assured, but changes are inevitable and there is a change in women's role in today's society. The “new woman” has emerged to fight against bias and gain a position of her own. In spite of all the challenges she faces, the new woman accomplishes her mark in every field she indulges and competes with man in all areas. Atwood through her fiction depicts women's deep anxieties and passions for revenge against male domination. This paper attempts to highlight the protest against the disparity of sex in Atwood's Surfacing and projects the protagonist of the novel who strives hard to make her free from the male dominance to gain her uniqueness. Top Keywords Society, gender, discrimination, suppressed, feminism, new woman. Top |